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SunBank's Sunday Jazz brunch series will continue next year. The first of the 1994 brunches will be on Jan. 2 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. along the Riverwalk near the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. The concert will feature Sha-Shaty; Betty Dickson and Eddie Higgins Trio and Bobby Tynes and the Heavies. Each band will play simultaneously in one of the gazebos. Admission is free. Gourmet brunch is available from local restaurants including quiche, omelets, pizza, salads and desserts.

Julie Smith`s third-grade class at Ramblewood Elementary School in Coral Springs will conduct an International Food Festival at noon today. Foods from different countries will be prepared by the students` parents. America will be represented by fried chicken and fried bananas will represent Africa. France, Italy and England will be remembered by quiche, pizza and trifle, respectively. Several other countries will be represented either by food, drink or decorations. -- A drug awareness program is being conducted at Maplewood Elementary School in Coral Springs.

There is a safe and pleasant way to visit France -- and airplane reservations are not required. The authentic feel of the French countryside and authentic French country cuisine are available in Boca Raton at the Cafe Limoges, One S. Ocean Plaza at the corner of Palmetto Park Road and A1A. "It doesn`t look like much, being just another unit in yet another office complex in town," observed one of three lunchers who recently took the culinary journey to...

There was a time, not so long ago, when quiche was threatening to replace the pothole and the pizza as the most commonly occurring object in some American city. That time, I must report, is gone. Quiche has not actually disappeared but its culinary profile seems to be lowering with each passing moment. Even at the supermarket, frozen diet lasagna seems to be closing in on quiche`s space. What are we to make of this phenomenon? Not much, actually, but it does allow me to make a romantic request that I have wanted to make since the last time I saw Bye, Bye, Birdie on television: "Give me one last quiche!"

You want juvenile and raunchy? With the gay-centric spoof Another Gay Movie, you got it -- a lot of it. The same pretty much can be said for the American Pie series that Another Gay Movie so closely mimics, too. In director and co-writer Todd Stephens' rainbow-colored slice of Pie comedy, his foursome of high school friends are also bent on losing their virginity -- except that they are all openly gay and proud. In his earlier, very strong coming-out film, Edge of Seventeen, Stephens homed in on the growing pains of finding out you're gay and then accepting it. In Another Gay Movie, these guys have no issues about their sexual inclinations, except that they're not getting any sex. Andy (Michael Carbonaro)

TAKEOUT Flix Cafe, Boynton Beach Address: 3469 W. Boynton Beach Blvd. Phone: 561-738-9925 Type of food: American Hours: 6 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Saturday; 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday Service/convenience: This place feels familiar even if you're a first-timer. A lot has to do with the friendliness of the staff and good spirits of the patrons. I don't even mind that they add 25 cents to the bill for takeout. Delivery: None THE DISH: There's a quiche of the day ($6.25) that comes with soup or salad and dessert.

OF COURSE it`s a wimpy idea and won`t work. Who could possibly expect it to work except a bunch of peaceniks with quiche for brains? Asparagus quiche, probably. After all, the idea has been trotted out before, and the tough guys declared it to be as useful as those Clydesdales in the beer commercial. What could those huge horses do except pull fake beer wagons? Tractors do a lot better job of plowing, so who needs Clydesdales? So it is with the discredited idea of a U.S. Department of Peace, with a Secretary of Peace and all the other bureaucratic trappings.

North: Whether shopping on Atlantic Avenue, or frolicking on Delray Beach, the Ciao Sidewalk Cafe is a neat place to stop for a bite. You can dine in their charming courtyard or take out. I was in a hurry so I chose the Quiche du Jour with salad ($5.95). The quiche of the day was a Swiss cheese and onion combination that proved very rich and creamy. The crust was just as it should be - tender and flaky. The salad had lots of goodies - tomatoes, shredded carrots, iceberg and romaine lettuces, red onions and bean sprouts.

Q. We really like the Mushroom Soup served at Il Girasole in Delray Beach. It is not a cream soup, but it is very smooth with an intense mushroom flavor. I would love to know how they make it so we could enjoy it at home. -- Eleanor Pemberton, Fort Lauderdale A. Owner Luigi Esposito with his son and chef Ian (John), of the Il Girasole restaurant, 1911 S. Federal Highway, Delray Beach, 561-272-3566, agreed to share their recipe for Mushroom Soup.